Bracelet
Unidentified Fon maker
collected 1966
Aluminum
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
167.6.24082
Geography
Place Made: Abomey, Benin, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
Focus on the Body: West African Body Ornaments of Brass, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10-September 19, 1999.
Provenance
Purchased by Professor James W. Fernandez in Fon Market, Abomey, Benin (Dahomey) for Dartmouth College Museum, 1967.
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